Flash flood destroys big tree
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:58 pm
I dreamt a sudden huge flash flood came roaring through our neighbourhood. When I went out to check the damage, a huge willow tree in our back yard was completely gone. There was just a big hole and even the roots seemed to have been washed away. Along the edge of the property was a row of small spindly apple trees I hadn't noticed before. They were totally laden with big ripe red apples right down to the ground. Even the trunks were covered with apples.
I looked at my neighbour's yard. Their vegetable garden was also gone. I went to visit them. In the dream they were an elderly couple. They were very hospitable and insisted on making lunch for a little boy (who was our son in the dream) and two of his friends, but the wife was a nervous wreck and couldn't stop shaking. We took our "son" home, but left the two friends there.
I grieved for the big tree.
(IRL I love that tree, even though the neighbours complain that it drops leaves all over the place in the fall --and it really should be pruned.)
I looked at my neighbour's yard. Their vegetable garden was also gone. I went to visit them. In the dream they were an elderly couple. They were very hospitable and insisted on making lunch for a little boy (who was our son in the dream) and two of his friends, but the wife was a nervous wreck and couldn't stop shaking. We took our "son" home, but left the two friends there.
I grieved for the big tree.
(IRL I love that tree, even though the neighbours complain that it drops leaves all over the place in the fall --and it really should be pruned.)